UPDATE: It appears Thy Art Is Murder will remain on the bill. Festival boss AJ Maddah posted an update Twitter this evening.
UPDATE: It appears Thy Art Is Murder will remain on the bill. Festival boss AJ Maddah posted the following via Twitter this evening:
"Just met with TAIM. Hopefully we'll see a more considerate band on the rest of the tour. #SW14"
Thy Art Is Murder posted the following:
Apologies to all affected by our set today at @soundwavefest. We will see you tomorrow 4pm at Stage 6A Sydney.
Original post:
Local metallers Thy Art Is Murder have reportedly been kicked off the remainder of Soundwave after an incident at today’s Brisbane show.
The alleged event saw the band urge fans to storm the stage at the expense of the outnumbered security guards.
Subsequently, the group has been booted from the festival.
A series of tweets (see below) gives an overview of the events.
Thy Art Is Murder have reportedly just been kicked off @soundwavefest after encouraging their fans to invade the stage. Hectic!
— THE RACKET (@triplejracket) February 22, 2014
And that, is why we do not have many Australian bands on Soundwave. Disrespectful arseholes.
— AJ (@iamnotshouting) February 22, 2014
Really fucking clever. Risking the lives of my staff, the police, security and injuring your own fans. And destroying other bands' equipmenr
— AJ (@iamnotshouting) February 22, 2014
Thy Band Are Fuckwits. Thy Band Are Kicked Off Tour. #SW14
— AJ (@iamnotshouting) February 22, 2014
@mattritchie "there are thousand of you and dozens of security. Smash them. All of you get on the stage."
— AJ (@iamnotshouting) February 22, 2014